The effects of self-compassion on daily emotion regulation and performance rebound among college athletes: Comparisons with confidence,grit, and hope |
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| Affiliation: | 1. George Mason University, United States;2. The Catholic University of America, United States;1. German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany;2. Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA;1. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 5B2, Canada;2. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, S.C, 29208, USA;1. University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK;2. College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA;3. Global Fellow of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK;1. Queensland University of Technology, Australia;2. The University of Queensland, Australia;1. University of San Diego, Department of Psychological Sciences, United States;2. German Sport University Cologne, Institute Training and Computer Science in Sport, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, D-50933, Köln, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Self-compassion (SC) facilitates healthy responses to stressful events among athletes. Existing findings are predominantly retrospective, however, and questions remain about the role of SC in college athletes’ daily emotion regulation and sport performance. Sixty-seven college athletes completed daily diaries for 14 consecutive days during their competitive seasons. We tested whether SC predicted 1) emotion regulation strategy use and effectiveness following negative events and 2) sport performance rebound following subjectively poor performances the previous day. We also compared the effects of SC with grit, sport-specific hope, and sport-related self-confidence, each in separate models. Results showed that SC and sport-specific hope predicted greater use of cognitive reappraisal in response to negative events. Interestingly, social support seeking was associated with higher negative emotions on average. However, higher levels of SC, grit, and sport-specific hope (but not sport self-confidence) mitigated this association. When athletes’ subjective performance during practice fell 1 SD below their two-week mean, SC, grit, and sport-specific hope predicted improved subjective performance during the next day’s practice by 7.8–10.9%. Sport confidence had no effect, suggesting that coaches and sport psychology consultants might consider shifting their focus toward cultivating SC instead. |
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| Keywords: | Emotion regulation College athletes Self-compassion Grit Hope Confidence |
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